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Loveland is big on beauty. It's nestled against the Rocky Mountains and is a hop skip and a jump from Rocky Mountain National Park.
From Fort Collins to Greeley, and even over to Estes Park, Northern Colorado has a rich and diverse history that has been well-preserved in its many historic homes — something we're very passionate about, as a real estate company. From... Link to the Article
Loveland is known as the "Sweetheart City" but its thriving arts scene is what inspires passion in many residents. Numerous nationally acclaimed sculptors call Loveland home. You can see their work at area galleries and tour the foundries. The Benson Park Sculpture Garden contains impressive collection and you will find interesting artwork throughout the city. Each August, the city hosts Sculpture in the Park , a world renowned outdoor sculpture show attended by 150,000 art lovers. The almost 100-year-old Rialto Theatre has been lovingly restored and hosts performing arts groups & musicians and business meetings. In keeping with tradition, the Rialto periodically features silent films with live music accompaniment.
Any visitor to the thriving downtown area of Loveland, replete with examples of traditional Colorado architecture will know that Loveland is big on charm. With 25 city parks, including North Lake Park on the lovely and centrally located Lake Loveland, and Boyd Lake State Park, a boater/angler/water skiers paradise just outside of town, Loveland is big on recreation.
Loveland is big on beauty. It's nestled against the Rocky Mountains and is a hop skip and a jump from Rocky Mountain National Park.
A low crime rate, a solid school system, quality health care, countless entertainment options and friendly Lovelanders mean Loveland is big on quality of life.
Population: 70,223
Elevation: 4982 ft.
Climate: Nearly 300 days of sunshine per year and 14 inches of precipitation.
Geography: 45 miles from Denver, 22 miles from Ft. Collins, 20 miles from Greeley.
Churches: There are over 60 churches serving every denomination.
Median family income: $54775
The Thompson School District is one of the best in the state. Its ACT scores are above the state average. For higher education, Loveland is in close proximity to Ft. Collins (home of Colorado State University), Boulder (Colorado University) and Greeley (University of Northern Colorado) and Boulder (University of Colorado) It also hosts campuses of Aims Community College and Regis University.
The city park system is extensive in Loveland. There are over 25 city parks, plus two mountain parks nearby. The recently completed Loveland Sports Park boasts a synthetic turf Championship Field with terraced seating, field lighting, sand volleyball courts, basketball courts, inline hockey rinks and a skate park. If you like to hit the links, the Northern Colorado region has experienced a golf boom in recent years and there are literally dozens of courses within an hour's drive, including three city-owned facilities.
Loveland is "The Gateway to the Rockies" for many reasons. It is where the Great Plains meet the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Skiers are about three hours away from world-class slopes; hikers and campers have hundreds of miles of trails to choose from in Rocky Mountain National Park (30 minutes away); anglers can cast their flies in countless, pristine mountain streams and nearby lakes. Boyd Lake State Park offers options for boaters, anglers, water skiers and beach goers.
Major employers include Agilent Technologies, Thompson School District, McKee Medical Center and Wal-Mart Distribution Center.
Banner Health's McKee Medical Center and University of Colorado Health's Medical Center of the Rockies offer Loveland residents a full complement options in health care.
Loveland offers a wide variety of shopping from antique shops in historic downtown to bargains at outlet stores to The Promenade Shops at Centerra lifestyle center
Each year, hundreds of Valentines are packaged inside larger envelopes and sent to Loveland, where volunteers hand-stamp them with that year's Valentine verse and share their passion for this land of love across the globe.
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Editor's Note: This is a Guest Post by Anita R. Dryden
This past year I had the pleasure of participating in the American Library Association's Emerging Leaders program, which is designed to help new librarians get involved in ALA. Throughout the course of the program you attend leadership training, meet many of the current leaders in ALA, and are assigned to a small group to complete a project for a Division or Round Table. The EL program was a wonderful experience – I loved getting to know a group of really engaged, passionate young professionals while working on an exciting and beneficial project that helped me learn more about how the beast that is ALA works.
Emerging Leaders is open to current students and recent graduates and the deadline for applying to the 2013 class is August 3. If you are at all interested in participating, I would highly recommend that you apply — with a few caveats. First of all, the program is quite selective, so you need to be sure that you have some good references that can speak to your leadership potential. Second, acceptance into the EL program requires a commitment to attending both Midwinter and Annual conferences during the year of your participation. Conference attendance certainly isn't cheap, and if you haven't found a grant or employment that can help with funding, you may want to hold off on applying until you can rely on some funding assistance (there are some scholarships/funding available – but as you can imagine, these are even more competitive).
So while I wholeheartedly endorse applying for and participating in the EL program, I want to offer some general tips for becoming professionally involved within ALA and other organizations. What follows are a few tips I've picked up from being involved with ALA, as well as a couple of local and student groups.
· First, and most importantly, volunteer to help. I can't stress how many times I have heard this advice, and it continues to be valuable. ALA in particular is a HUGE organization and can be very intimidating to those who are just starting to get involved. Yet many organizations are looking for new people to participate in committees and work groups but they can't ask you if they don't know who you are. Submit volunteer forms, give your card to organization leaders at networking events, mention to everyone you meet that you are interested in getting involved – it's the only way anyone will know to ask you.
· Second, fill out the appropriate forms. This is really critical – in many organizations, you cannot be appointed to a committee or other work group without filling out a specific form. New Members Round Table (NMRT) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), both part of ALA, are great examples of this. The president of the organization, nominating committees, etc. cannot appoint people who haven't completed their organization's form, even if they think you would be a great fit. And when filling out these forms, be sure to give specifics about your past experiences that can help match you to an appropriate committee. For example, I have a fair amount of event planning experience from my pre-library career, so I've been able to get onto some conference and reception planning committees by indicating that.
· Third, start small. You are unlikely to get elected to the ALA Council or the executive board of an organization or division right away. That's fine. Look for early opportunities for involvement within subdivisions of organizations, groups aimed specifically at new/young professionals, local/state organizations, or student groups. It is often easier to meet and get to know officers in these smaller groups, and turn those networking connections into opportunities. I've had luck getting involved with subdivisions of ACRL as well as local groups for new professionals, which can then be translated into doing the same type of committee work on a larger scale. Serving as an officer of my student ALA chapter helped show my leadership abilities and is still something that I list on my resume and applications.
· Fourth, actually show up and do what you volunteer for. Hey, everyone has times when they are overwhelmed with responsibilities and some things slip. But being extremely conscientious during your early committee work can help mark you as a good committee member, and you'll stand out in people's minds as someone that they can rely on – leading to more and more important assignments down the road.
For those of us working in academic libraries, this kind of "service to the profession" is often a requirement for promotion/tenure/continuing appointment. For librarians working in other types of libraries, professional involvement can be a satisfying way to work on the grander issues affecting the profession, network and meet like-minded colleagues, and get leadership opportunities that will make your resume stand out from the crowd. From a personal standpoint, my participation in Emerging Leaders as well as generally within ALA and local groups has been extremely rewarding – both as a resume builder and as a chance to meet and work with great librarians that I wouldn't have met otherwise.
Have you had any committee/work group appointments or experiences that you would recommend to others? What do you feel that you get out of being involved in these types of organizations?
Anita R. Dryden is Digital and Web Projects Fellow at the University of Houston Libraries, where she works with groups throughout the library to identify opportunities for technology-based service enhancements. She received her MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences in August 2009. She can be found on Twitter @anitazavrrr
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The adorable puppy has grown into a beast that would frighten you if it hadn't been raised around humans and trained. Larger than any normal wolf, this direwolf is muscular and physically intimidating, with a dark coat and a cunning mind. It often takes off on its own for many moons, returning only when ready. Most at home in forests, direwolves can guide magis to the most hidden dens and lairs, and being larger than any normal wolf is an extremely capable defender.
Found mostly in forests, direwolves are rarely seen. They live in secrecy far from humans, and eggs are extremely difficult to locate and take. Direwolves are vicious if not raised around humans and are one of the strongest companions a human can have. Trained properly from birth, however, a direwolf is a loyal and fierce companion.
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I'm excited to show off the last three stops we were able to get on during last month's Denver Botanic Garden's Urban Homestead Tour. These three homesteads were in the heart of the city.
Toni and Dennis Kuper shared their wonderful coop with visitors. Two years ago, Toni asked for chickens for Mother's Day, and Dennis built the coop for her. It is adorable and efficient.
I love how they designed it to store their chicken care supplies right inside. It is adjacent to their dog run under a stand of shady trees in their beautiful back yard. They have an annual chicken party for friends and coworkers in their yard.
The Kuper's yard is mostly shaded, but they have a lovely garden carved out in the only sunshine near the garage. I especially love the four-bin compost operation.
Our next stop took us into the Park Hill area, where we got to check out Michael Murphy's coop and gardens. The first thing we saw was squash and cukes inter-planted with flowers in his front yard.
The side and back yard held lovely raised beds with some great whimsy. I love the brightly painted stakes and bird houses.
Murph made his coop primarily of recycled/re-purposed materials, and I've never seen anything like it.
There are two dogloos inside the chicken run. But I just can't describe what I thought when Murph showed us how he set them up for the neighbor kids to gather eggs. See for yourself…
The igloos are on giant lazy-susans, and inside each dogloo is two coolers/nest boxes.
The hens both lay and roost in the coolers. The system is warm in the winter and easy to keep clean.
The coolers just slide out for egg collection or cleaning.
I love the engineering behind this coop and how much fun it is.
The last stop I wanted to share was literally packed full of growing things. The Blackett's were the only homesteaders on the tour with a yard smaller than ours.
Driving up, you can see they had food growing in the hell strip between the sidewalk and the street. A lot of people refuse to plant here, but I love that they have turned it into a garden.
We walked down the side yard where the Blackett's keep their chickens and compost bin.
The little red coop is built from scrap wood, left over from a previous project.
The side yard gives way to an entire back yard garden. I mean, the entire yard. There was no grass anywhere – just a path between all the food growing.
Diane was on the back porch, generously giving out samples of honey from her top bar beehive. The hive was at the very back of their lot, next to the garage, under the grape-vine.
I was very inspired by Diane's garden. Rick and I had been feeling a little jealous about all the space that many of the homesteaders had. But Diane was growing more food than we were, in less space. It was very encouraging.
Diane blogs about her garden, bees, chickens and homesteading at City Garden Bliss. She has many more beautiful photos of her garden and covers topics like spinning, knitting, gleaning, and sewing as well as gardening, bee, and chicken keeping.
Thank you for letting me share the stops we went to at this year's urban homestead tour. I hope you enjoyed it. I can't wait until next year! This was so fun for our whole family.
Make sure to check out the photos of the other stops in Part I and Part II.
Related articles
- 2012 DBG Urban Homestead Tour – Part II (lazyhomesteader.com)
- 2012 DBG Urban Homestead Tour – Part I (lazyhomesteader.com)
- Homestead Failures: Confessions of What I Didn't Do (lazyhomesteader.com)


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WASHINGTON – Americans stepped up borrowing in January to buy cars and attend school, while staying cautious about using their credit cards.
Consumer borrowing rose $16.2 billion in January from December to a total of $2.8 trillion, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. That's the highest level on record.
A category that covers student loans and auto loans grew $16 billion following an $18.3 billion gain in December.
Isaac Lebwohl, an economist at Credit Suisse, said that his analysis of the monthly report indicates that almost 90 per cent of the gain in that category came from student loans. The Fed does not separate out the auto and student loan data in the monthly report.
Consumers barely increased credit card debt in January, when Social Security taxes rose and lowered take-home pay for most workers. A measure of credit card debt grew only $106.1 million after a $3.2 billion drop in December.
Credit card debt remains 17.2 per cent below the peak set in June 2008. Analysts suspect consumers will stay cautious with their plastic this year, largely because of the tax increase.
The tax increase will leave a person earning $50,000 with about $1,000 less to spend in 2013. A household with two high-paid workers will have up to $4,500 less.
Still, other factors could offset the rise in taxes.
The job market has improved and pay is slowing increasing for many workers. The economy created 200,000 jobs a month from November through January, up from 150,000 in the previous three months.
On Friday, the government will issue the February jobs report. Analyst forecast that employers added 152,000 jobs last month, although recent data suggest hiring may have been stronger.
The stock market has also surged this year, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average this week to a record high. And a housing recovery has helped lift home prices.
A separate Fed report Thursday showed Americans have regained the wealth they lost to the Great Recession and are increasingly taking on more debt.
Household wealth increased to $66.1 trillion in the October-December quarter, the report noted. That's about 98 per cent of the pre-recession peak. Household debt rose 2.4 per cent, the sharpest gain in nearly five years.
The increases in stock and home prices since then mean Americans' net worth has now topped the pre-recession peak of $67.4 trillion, private economists say. Wealth had bottomed at $51.4 trillion in early 2009.
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Cutts' uncle hopes little Blake will know his family
The great uncle of Blake Davis hopes the 2-year-old boy doesn't grow
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Blake is the son of Cutts and Jessie Marie Davis, who was found dead last
weekend. Cutts faces two counts of murder for the deaths of Davis and her
unborn daughter, Chloe.
Patty Porter, Blake's grandmother, has been caring for the boy since June
15. That morning, Porter found her grandson alone in her daughter's duplex
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It doesn't seem like Perry is fixating on the birther issue. It seems like you are fixated on it tonight. Let it go. Don't even mention it on the show. You are making a bigger deal about it then Perry did
You incorrectly assumed that not requiring US citizenship implies that it applies to illegal aliens. It can and should apply to non-US citizens who are legal residents and as such enjoy the full benefits, privileges and obligations of citizens except voting rights and in some cases running for public office. They pay taxes too!
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And they are legally entitled the health coverage. That is why you can not use US citizenship as a condition, rather than permanent resident status.
Playing Politics. President blames GOP ? He had super majority form 2008 to 2010. Now blaming GOP and congress. Thought congress is 3 branches goverment. Republicans have majority of house, Demorcats have majority in Senate and have Executive branch, so why is it blame on the GOP
There was a blind sight in your discussions with your guests. There are a large number of legal immigrants, like PhD scientists, who are not US citizens yet. If someone is not a US citizen, he is not necessarily an illegal immigrant. Your program sounded that one must be an illegal immigrant if he is not a US citizen. There are tens of thousands of hi-tech workers who work legally and pay taxes, but are not US citizens yet.
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This past Sunday, I went to Sotheby's to see the current exhibits. On the first flight up, they were showing Mid 20th Century Furnishings, and a collection spanning the over 4 decades' career of 20th century American painter Sam Francis. In the Furnishings area, there was a small glass enclosed alcove where a tiny sampling of the more than 11,000 sfarim of the Valmadonna Trust Library was on show.
The entire collection had already been exhibited in 2009, occupying the whole of Sotheby's 10th floor gallery. Sotheby's press release, at the time, described it thus:
New York, NY; February 9, 2009 – Sotheby's announced today that it would display in its entirety, for the first time ever, the Valmadonna Trust Library, the finest private library of Hebrew books and manuscripts in the world. Assembled over the past century, this extensive group of over 11,000 works is monumental in its significance as a primary source on both world history and Jewish life and culture. The collection boasts rarities dating from the 10th century to the early 20th century from Italy, Holland, England, Greece, Eastern Europe, the Ottoman Empire, North Africa, India, and China, documenting the spread of the Hebrew press and the dissemination of Jewish culture around the globe. Among the treasures in the collection are: the only surviving manuscript written in England before the expulsion of the Jews in 1290; arguably the finest copy of the Babylonian Talmud produced between 1519 and 1523 by famed printer Daniel Bomberg, which was previously in the collection of Westminster Abbey; as well as the preeminent group of Hebrew books in existence from the dawn of printing (15th century). The entire collection will be exhibited in Sotheby's 10th floor galleries from February 9-19, 2009, with the exception of February 14th.
This superb collection is comprised of books and manuscripts including Bibles and Talmuds, kabbalistic texts, siddurim, and Passover haggadot. Among the Library's other holdings are Hebrew grammatical and legal texts; medical, philosophical and literary treatises; as well as periodicals, broadsheets, and wall calendars—particularly rare items on account of their ephemeral nature.
Many medieval texts are here, dating from as early as the 10th century and including the first printed sfarim from the late 15th century. Among the collection's jewels is a ktav yad of the earliest known Ashkenazic script, a Franco-German Chumash, dating from the 10th or 11th century. The crown jewel, however, is the Codex Valmadonna I. This is the only dated Hebrew text in existence from medieval England, before King Edward I's 1290 edict expelling the Jews. The year following this manuscript's creation, in 1190, mobs in York attacked the Jewish community living there, massacring the population, and looting their property.
Other opulent manuscripts in the collection include a Yemenite Chumash from the early 15th century, replete with characteristic Oriental illuminations. Of the original 29,000 titles – incunables [books printed on Gutenberg's original presses] – only 140 were done in lashon kodesh. This collections has almost half of them!
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By just about every measure, the vast majority of scientists in general—and climate scientists in particular—have been convinced by the evidence that human activities are altering the climate. However, in several countries, a significant portion of the public has concluded that this consensus doesn't exist. That has prompted a variety of studies aimed at understanding the large disconnect between scientists and the public, with results pointing the finger at everything from the economy to the weather. Other studies have noted societal influences on acceptance, including ideology and cultural identity.
Those studies have generally focused on the US population, but the public acceptance of climate change is fairly similar in Australia. There, a new study has looked at how societal tendencies can play a role in maintaining mistaken beliefs. The authors of the study have found evidence that two well-known behaviors—the "false consensus" and "pluralistic ignorance"—are helping to shape public opinion in Australia.
False consensus is the tendency of people to think that everyone else shares their opinions. This can arise from the fact that we tend to socialize with people who share our opinions, but the authors note that the effect is even stronger "when we hold opinions or beliefs that are unpopular, unpalatable, or that we are uncertain about." In other words, our social habits tend to reinforce the belief that we're part of a majority, and we have a tendency to cling to the sense that we're not alone in our beliefs.
Pluralistic ignorance is similar, but it's not focused on our own beliefs. Instead, sometimes the majority of people come to believe that most people think a certain way, even though the majority opinion actually resides elsewhere.
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In aggregate, over 90 percent of those surveyed accepted that climate change was occurring (a rate much higher than we see in the US), with just over half accepting that humans were driving the change. Only about five percent felt it wasn't happening, and even fewer said they didn't know. The numbers changed only slightly between the two polls.
The false consensus effect became obvious when the researchers looked at what these people thought that everyone else believed. Here, the false consensus effect was obvious: every single group believed that their opinion represented the plurality view of the population. This was most dramatic among those who don't think that the climate is changing; even though they represent far less than 10 percent of the population, they believed that over 40 percent of Australians shared their views. Those who profess ignorance also believed they had lots of company, estimating that their view was shared by a quarter of the populace.
Among those who took the survey twice, the effect became even more pronounced. In the year between the surveys, they respondents went from estimating that 30 percent of the population agreed with them to thinking that 45 percent did. And, in general, this group was the least likely to change its opinion between the two surveys.
But there was also evidence of pluralistic ignorance. Every single group grossly overestimated the number of people who were unsure about climate change or convinced it wasn't occurring. Even those who were convinced that humans were changing the climate put 20 percent of Australians into each of these two groups.
In the end, the false consensus effect is swamped by this pluralistic ignorance. Even though everybody tends to think their own position is the plurality, those who accept climate change is real still underestimate how many people share their views. Meanwhile, everyone overestimates the self-labelled "skeptic" population.
The authors suggest that this could, in part, be a result of the media's tendency to always offer two opposing opinions, even on issues where one is a fringe belief. They also point out that it would be good to perform a similar study in other nations where the dynamics of public belief are different.
Nature Climate Change, 2012. DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1743 (About DOIs).


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Instead of focusing on a particular feature of Perl 6 today, I'd like to take you on a quick tour of the ABC module. I think it's a nice example of some of the strengths of Perl 6.
ABC Notation is a simple text file format designed to make it easy to support musical notation. It's widely used in the world of traditional dance music because it is very lightweight and more than powerful enough to support notating jigs and reels. Here's an example in honor of the season:
X:1 T:While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks M:5/4 L:1/4 O:Green's Harbour, Newfoundland K:A major E|:[M:5/4] A A/B/ B2 A|B c/B/ A2 A/B/| [M:6/4]c d/c/ B2 B2|[M:4/4] A3 E|AB AG| FE FE|AB AG|F2 F2|E2 G2|A/G/ F/E/ DF| [1 [M:6/4] E C/B,/ A,3 E:|[2 [M:5/4] E C/B,/ A,3|]
I won't get into the details — here's a tutorial if you'd like to know more — but the structure of the file is simple. The first section is the header, with general information about the tune. The remainder is the tune itself. This one is a bit more complicated than many because of all the embedded time signature changes, like
I was always surprised there wasn't a CPAN module for handling ABC notation, and even seriously considered writing one myself at one point. But parsing ABC is a complicated process, and I gave up in frustration before getting very far.
Enter Perl 6 and its grammars. About 60 lines of simple regexes is all that is needed to parse most of the tunes I am interested in. (Several of the more complicated features of ABC, like lyrics and multi-staff music are not implemented yet.) Here's a snatch of it:
regex basenote { <[a..g]+[A..G]> } regex octave { "'"+ | ","+ } regex accidental { '^' | '^^' | '_' | '__' | '=' } regex pitch { <accidental>? <basenote> <octave>? }
Compare that to the model BNF grammar for ABC:
basenote ::= %x43 / %x44 / %x45 / %x46 / %x47 / %x41 / %x42 / %x63 / %x64 / %x65 / %x66 / %x67 / %x61 / %x62 ; CDEFGABcdefgab octave ::= 1*"'" / 1*"," accidental ::= "^" / "^^" / "_" / "__" / "=" pitch ::= [accidental] basenote [octave]
It's clearly a very straightforward translation process.
By default, parsing with a Perl 6 grammar just gives you a basic
Match object. Adding an object to specify actions to go with the grammar allows you to easily process the information as it is parsed. A simple example is
method rest($/) { make ABC::Rest.new(~$<rest_type>, $<note_length>.ast); }
Whenever the
rest regex fires, it returns a new
ABC::Rest object. The constructor is passed the string form of the
rest_type regex, and an
ABC::Duration object created by the action for
Speaking of durations, another feature of Perl 6 comes very handy here. Durations are represented exactly using the rational number Rat type. If we didn't have them available, we'd have to code up something similar by hand in order to handle things like triplets whose durations cannot be exactly represented by a floating point number.
So far there is only one significant application using these tools — the
abc2ly.pl script included in the ABC module. It converts ABC files to the Lilypond music notation format. Lilypond is a very powerful open source music notation system which produces gorgeous sheet music output. This is a great way to print out good looking music notation from ABC files. (I know there is an
abc2ly program included with Lilypond, but last time I checked its output looked tragically bad.
abc2ly.pl is already working well enough that I'm hoping to produce a book of sheet music using it in 2011.) So let me leave you with the PDF of the above carol, produced using these tools, Rakudo Perl 6, and Lilypond.


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Anderson Cooper thinks Kathie Lee and Hoda, of The Today Show, are national treasures. Say otherwise and you'll earn yourself a spot on the RidicuList.
Post by: Anderson Cooper
Filed under: The RidicuList
This ridiculist was funny, too–that show, many times, is a howl, love it, with Hoda and Kathie Lee! 🙂
Anderson, I totally agree with that chef on Hoda's show, they talk continuously over each other, and Meredith had pointed that out once before a while back, it's ridiculous, and no one can understand one word they say!! They need to shut up and let one person talk at a time...we can't believe the producers haven't figured that one out yet, it's nuts!
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Beyond sharing the status of commonwealth, Massachusetts and Kentucky don't seem to have too much in common. But the commonwealths share a dubious bond that has only recently come out of the shadows: Both are epicenters of the opiate addiction epidemic sweeping the nation. Now Massachusetts and Kentucky are collaborating in efforts to fight back.
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Fall River had a strong presence at the summit, including Dr. Henry Vaillancourt, Fall River's director of health and humand services; Laura Washington, Partnership for Success II director; and Mike Aguiar, BOLD's youth services coordinator. The Herald News sent staff reporter Brian Fraga to the conference, from which he reports in-depth today.
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Massachusetts and Kentucky officials have joined forces to address the issue in a proactive, bipartisan manner. U.S. Reps. William Keating and Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., have joined with Rogers in pushing Congress and the federal government to help stem the tide of opiate addiction.
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When will the federal government take action to address the opiate problem that it has deemed a national epidemic? Although states are collaborating, what is stopping a more coordinated federal policy from addressing the issue?
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Movie review: 'Belko' is a successful experiment in fear and fun and social satire
There are movies with plots that are so patently absurd, you sit there, with your arms folded, scoffing at them, thinking, "This could never happen." Then there are movies with plots that are so intriguing, featuring scenarios that, no matter how out-there, make you sit back, hold onto your armrest, and think, "Oh, man, what would I do in this situation?"
"The Belko Experiment," written by James Gunn ("Guardians of the Galaxy") and directed by Greg McLean ("Wolf Creek") finds some common ground between those two categories, and turns out to be a terrific, if outlandish, violent, and darkly funny study of human nature, where survival is all that matters.
It's just another day at the office for the folks at Belko Industries, situated in an eight-story building far out on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia. It's a firm that "facilitates American companies in the hiring of American workers in South America," or something like that. Because the place is in Colombia, it's heavily guarded by serious-looking men with big guns outside. Because so many Americans work there, each one on their first day on the job, has a tiny tracer implanted in the back of their head. You know, in case there's a kidnapping, and they need to be located.
OK, this is not just another day at the office. The regular guards have been given the day off, and have been replaced by a new batch of armed men. And out of the usual hundreds of employees, most have been told to stay home. Still, things seem to be normal. Until an announcement comes over the intercom. Something to the effect of, "There are 80 of you in the building. Within the next 8 hours, most of you will be dead." Then it gets worse: "Within the next 30 minutes, each of you must kill two of your coworkers, or we will start killing you."
Well, now, talk about having an interesting work day. "This is a joke," says one guy. "There must be a rational explanation," says company CEO Barry Norris (Tony Goldwyn). "This is a conspiracy," says possibly heroic office drone Mike Milch (John Gallagher, Jr.). "You've got to calm down," says Leandra Flores (Adria Arjona), the recently divorced woman Mike is having a fling with. "You should be sleeping with me," hisses slimy junior executive Wendell Dukes (John C. McGinley) to Leandra when Mike isn't looking.
It's after the doors lock, impenetrable metal shields cover up every window, all phone reception vanishes, and one guy's head explodes (remember those tracer implants?) that everyone starts to take things seriously. Shortly after that, panicky chaos ensues, along with shootings, stabbings, impalements, one really cool (and inexplicably funny) axe murder, and lots more explosive head implants doing their thing.
"We must keep things in order," says Barry, while the voice on the intercom returns to announce, "In 2 hours, 30 of you must be dead, or we will kill 60 of you." Suffice it to say, things get a little jittery when time is almost up and only 29 have been exterminated by the same people they used to hang out with at the water cooler. Never has Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor been used more effectively.
The crowning glory of the film is that, among the bloody carnage and accompanying black humor, in the midst of the attempts at order and the struggle for survival, all of the actors are right on the mark of having their characters take everything completely seriously. It all winds up with an appropriately and kind of liberating violent ending. It's a rare treat to have so much fun at a movie that concentrates on so many people being in such distress.
— Ed Symkus writes about movies for More Content Now.
"The Belko Experiment"
Written by James Gunn; directed by Greg McLean
John Gallagher Jr., Tony Goldwyn, John C. McGinley, Michael Rooker
Rated R


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Quantum of Solace – Movie review
Being a die-hard Ian Fleming/James Bond fan, I am rather critical even of well-made Bond movies and this movie is no exception. And Quantum is certainly not the best of the Bonds.
To me to the James Bond movies have all been about subtle humour and the wit, and in fact the repartee between James and Miss Moneypenny is something I always looked forward to. I also prefer a slower pace (for the Bond movies) and like to watch the plot thickening and the action building up. The villians are also important. Remember Jack Spang (Diamonds are Forever) and Gold finger? Well, the villian in Quantum of Solace, the international businessman Dominic Greene, falls quite flat. Not in terms of acting, as Mathieu Amalric does a great job of being and acting evil – in fact I have yet to see a cinematic villain who appears so ordinary but is able to exude evil. It was the character of Greene which fails to make an impact…
This film is also moves too fast…so fast that one needs to have superhuman vision to follow the action sequences. I also confess I didn't understand the plot fully. I think it is difficult for the average viewer to figure out what's happening. In fact, this movie is being compared to the Bourne movies and has actually been called The Bond Identity but well, The Bourne Identity is a better movie, with a an intriguing plot which I could follow easily…maybe because I had read the novel.
The plot (no spoilers)
The plot in Quantum, if one manages to follow it there and then, is all about a businessman plotting to get rich at the expense of the poor masses and about a corrupt general in Bolivia willing to sell out his people. As for our double-o-seven, he seems less bothered about saving the world and more concerned about taking revenge for the death of his girl-friend Vesper, who was killed in the previous Bond movie, Casino Royale. And as for "M" she has a bigger role in this movie but seems to be out of sync with what Bond is doing, a little odd considering that he is a favourite agent whom she understands so well.
The actors and characters
I was impressed with Daniel Craig. He does a great job and has the Bond look – a combination of wickedness and kindness. Two things are missing, which I feel are important to the character of Bond. One is the humour. Even "M" was funnier than him! And there is also his lack of bonding with the women… a complete lack of chemistry. James is supposed to be flirtatious, but that doesn't come through in this movie. Well, I have no problem if the director has deviated from the original Bond character, but that is not the impression one gets. One feels that he is indeed trying to make Bond come across as Bond.
No James Bond movie is complete without its beautiful women. And there are two here… Camille (Olga Kurylenko) who has the big role. However her backstory seems cliched. She is hobnobbing with villain Greene, and right from the start James seems interested in her…but it is never explained as to why. Maybe it is because James feels that she can help him or because she is beautiful or because he has a kind heart and wants to "rescue" her. Who knows.
The other pretty woman in the film, Agent Fields (Gemma Arterton) has a bit role and again, no chemistry between her and Craig.
Okay, if this seems as I am tearing the movie to shreds, that isn't the case. The movie is tightly edited, well-directed and entertaining. I wouldn't have missed it for the world and now am certainly a Craig fan. I guess one should not compare this movie to the best of Bond, and one should go with an open mind and then one can enjoy it.
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November 11, 2008 11:37 am
I watched it yesterday !!
Not so good as comapred to Casino Royale ..
It's a movie not about Bond's mission to save the world but it's about his vengeance and vendetta .. So the whole motto and thus the attitude of Bond has changed .. So that makes the movie dull and boring at times ..
No powerful cars .. no powerful gadgets .. no heart-breaking stunts .. and even no good chicks ..
I hope these statements make the story clear !
You have put it well Soham. I forgot to mention that – no powerful gadgets!!! A Bond movie without gadgets is pheeka!! – Nita.
November 11, 2008 12:46 pm
I think Craig definitely has the chops to be Bond.
November 11, 2008 3:08 pm
Compared to Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan was better (Though former is not bad either)
I didn't like the previous flick "Casino Royal", and not made any plan yet for "Quantum of solace"
November 11, 2008 3:11 pm
I watched the movie, first day, and I was frankly disappointed. I expected a better plot for a Bond movie, and felt that other than the car chase in the beginning, nothing in fact translated into Bond!
The actors acted well, did their part well, but the story was just plain missing.
Vipul permalinkNovember 11, 2008 3:44 pm
Nita – Another disappointing part: Bond movies are always supposed to have 2 women – the good and the bad. No sexy vamp in this one 😦
November 11, 2008 8:48 pm
wow!! I cant wait to watch this movie.
I did not really like Daniel in Casino Royale although he did a pretty good job. To me, Bond = Pierce Brosnan.
And to my dad, Bond = Sean Connery……and no one else!!! He has watched all Bond movies and absolutely loves them all !!
But you're right. Daniel has those wicked/seductive looks. (but he doesnt match up to Pierce in my opinion 😀 )
Fox permalinkNovember 11, 2008 11:42 pm
First of all we have to keep in mind that its a reboot so its not right to compare Bond portrayed by the first 5 actors with Craig's Bond.I loved the way Connery did it but after CR i prefer Craig.To me Brosnan's Bond was little boring compared to Connery's and Dalton's.He had the style but something was missing.Probably its the effect of watching Sean Connery's 007 movies so many times.I watched QOS on the first day.Though the story was a little draggy in the middle i liked the entire package.But i was expecting the famous gun barrel sequence in the beginning.If you ask me whether its CR or QOS i would say CR.I think i expected more in QOS.
Joss permalinkNovember 12, 2008 7:01 pm
Oy oy oy … you Indians are so knowledgable! You know all the Bollywood films and all the Hollywood ones too. And then there are all the languages.
I'm afraid I have never been to see a Bond movie, as I'm just not a fan. So, neither has my 11 yr old son. He has, however, seen Dhoom and Dhoom 2 and Main Hoon Na. We much prefer action heroes who can sing and dance as well as fight!
November 16, 2008 1:02 am
Nita, I watched this movie last night and didn't really like it much. I enjoyed the action packed scenes and the cool gadgets on display, but the movie lacked a basic story line…maybe it was way too fast for my taste. I managed to fall asleep somewhere towards the end too. Maybe because I went for a 10 pm show 🙂 But overall, I wouldn't give it more than a 5.5/10.
Ruhi, if you gave this movie 5.5 then you would give Dostana 0. 🙂 – Nita
greg clark permalinkDecember 2, 2008 6:28 am
Hi Nita, I happened across your website and thought drop in a few comments from a British perspective about Quantum of Solace. In Britain DanielCraig is almost universally being seen as the best Bond since Sean Connery (Im in Glasgow , Scotland) . Brosnan was too smooth and slick, his humour and that of Roger Moores had transformed the character of Bond into something a unbelievable cartoon type character. Craigs has made him real and human again.
While I agree there are far too many action scenes I do think this was one fo the best Bond movies for a long time. I think this is because this mission is not about governments but is personal to Bond as tries to avenge is lovers death (in casino royale) and come to terms with her betrayal of him.
I think this makes Bond more human than he has been in long time and rather than always being in contol he seems like a man on the edge and this adds drama.
I think you miss the point when you say it was not explained why he did not carry out the revenge. Bond is first and foremost a member of the British Secret service . He is meant to fight for truth and justice deceny and democracy and the rule of law, for him to carry out his revenge would mean he had become no better than thugs and criminals he brings to justice.
He threatens to do this and effectively leaves the service and has essentially "lost it" Of course he has a licence to kill when ordered however to kill this man would have been personal and vengeful and instead of being a top secret agent he has become a common vigilante and one of the the mob.. His choice not to lill him int he end is his is his moral victory. He has proven better than that and the criminals he pursues. He has in effect found his Quantum of Solace or his peace of mind..
Because he did so he is ready to rejoin the secret service and is a better more discplined and smarter agent for it. In effect he is no longer just a junior agent . He has endured the greatest of trials and conquered his demons. He is now Bond 007 the greatest and toughest agent in the service.
best Greg
January 3, 2009 12:02 am
Without a doubt, Connery & Brosnan were the gold standard of Bond & my darkest days where during Moore's farcical portrayal of our favorite 00. So I am pre-disposed not to accept Craig as a bone fide replacement. But even in both movies, Craig is not the problem, the producers & directors are. OK. Perhaps my last comments were really a review of Casino not having seen QoS. Now I have seen it and there are so many problems with it I do not know where to begin. All the chases are herky, jerky, shaky staccato film clips. You can never really see what is going on. This is contrary to the traditional Bond flick replete with detail. And if Craig is gritty, moody, mean & vindictive one can still see a path by which he becomes a cooler if not a cold, uber-professional agent with a dry, sardonic sense of humor. This Bond clearly appeals to a feminine perspective that escapes me. I understood him not becoming 'involved' with the other women in the 2 flicks as having high standards and was at least relieved to see his response to Fields as, what we would term a normal orientation! (The women seem to love that Bond does NOT 'hook up' with the main girl in either film and broods ceaselessly like a forlorn Hamlet for his unrequited lover from Casino). Even the opening chase, usually one of the best, is almost visually incomprehensible. Car chase, rooftop chase, sewer chase, apartment knife fight chase, boat chase, plane chase, Chase-Morgan, certainly they all were purloined from the Bourne genre but somehow Bourne's were more believable.
The opening graphics were not as bad as I feared, but were definitely not 007 quality. Far too much of Craig shooting his Walther PPK .380; (don't make me go into why that is a problem). We have grown accustomed to the sultry, sexual/sensual and awesome graphical intro to the Bond films. This one was not of the same caliber. Ditto on the theme song. It was not a good as past songs but I was fearing worse and it was actually passable relating somewhat to the general theme of the film. The barrel scene was placed at the end of the film. I prefer the beginning but in either case it should be presented with high quality graphics and punctuated with 007 theme song riffs. It was not.
Lots of chases. Most are barely watchable. I actually liked the reference to the traditional 13th century Italian Palio horse race in which the riders can use their longer wooden canes to encourage their steeds or discourage their opponents; and the actual event was supposed to be occurring outside of the chase area.
The knife fight was lame. How did the baddie die anyhow? Please tell me not with the little pair of cuticle scissors Bond had. And if the death blow was to the only wounded area shown, the left jugular, where did all the blood go as Bond let him 'bleed out'. Not to worry the details because we are soon introduced to THE BOND GIRL. Well, a little anti-climatic because she is not quite as attractive as we are used to although she has very pretty lips. The rest of her seems strangely disproportionate for some reason. It's also strange that she would return to the baddie who just tried to have her whacked. That has little probability for success for someone who we later learn is "Bolivian Secret Service". Oh well, not to worry, we are off on another chase, this time with boats. It is perhaps the best done but for the last scene in which the grappling hook is somehow thrown onto the rubber speed boat and flips it from the front of Bond's boat over the top to the rear…… can't quite figure the physics out on that one. Not to worry, we've docked and Bond mysteriously hands the unconscious maiden who he has just rescued over to a dock attendant…what?
Well were off to track this baddie and somehow reconnected with the GIRL in Bolivia where we eventually learn that the baddie, Mr. Greene of the evil Greene corporation in conjunction with the even eviler Quantum Criminal Consortium LLC has concocted a plot wreaking with the venom of true corporate greed, evil capitalism and nefarious financier-ship; to wit, steal all the fresh water in where? Why Bolivia of course and sell it back to them Bolivians at double the price! MUAHHAHAHAHAHA (evil laugh). We learn at a big party that times are tough in Bolivia because it is costing a weeks wages for an average Bolivian to buy a gallon of clean water! As I remember, the average Bolivian earns about $0.25 per day making the water cost about $1.75 a gallon; pretty much on par with market values in Cleveland. Perhaps this is not the best country for our get richer quicker scheme.
No matter, we are off to the evil opera where the evil baddies are meeting to plan, well, evil. This is where we juxtapose a modernistic version of the Tosca operatic bloodshed whilst Bond dabbles in the real thing dispatching the body guards of the evil biggies who, now discovered & uncovered, are making a hasty retreat for the exits faster than attendees at an Al Gore speech.
No matter, while in Bolivia we are matroned by the closest thing to a real Bond girl, agent Fields. Unfortunately we never really figure out what is beneath that trenchcoat although it appears that Bond does. Also unfortunately for Fields and us, she is quickly eliminated by the baddies in what can only be termed as a 'crude' theft of the Goldfinger modus operandi. I would have expected more of a mess but why waste camera time on the slickened Fields when you can spend it on bathroom scenes with….who else….M of course. Perhaps the most difficult what seemed to be15 minutes of the film (as if minutes were hours Mr. Spock) was watching M in her bathrobe apply & remove cold creme. The threat itself would have sent Mr. Greene permanently into pro bono philanthropy. Not finished with us yet, M draws her bath and the tension in the theater built noticeably as we all began to fear that we would be greeted with an au natural scene of her slipping out of the robe into the tub. Fortunately we were spared that experience (wait for the unedited version coming to DVD soon!). However, it just calls into question what fob with a mommy complex of some sort is calling the shots in these films.
M continues to demonstrate why she should not be "M" vacillating from suspecting Bond to needing him back in 00 some 4-5 times during the movie. We did get a glimpse into the possible personality of M's hubby when he meekly announced, "the calls for you dear on your private line". Whatever.
M may welcome Bond back with open arms or have him captured or killed, no matter, the BOND GIRL is rescuing Bond in her getaway car, a 1964 VW Beetle. I guess the Bolivian Secret Service does not get to roll like the 00's in MI6. At least it was a 40HP!
No matter. We are now off to a hotel in the middle of a high plains Bolivian desert. Time to charter a plane…no, not the little Beachcraft Bonanza that would actually be faster and more maneuverable. Choose the DC-3 with a load of cargo on board. Watch out though, you'll get shot down by the Bolvian Air Force in a single engine Marchetti SIA1 (which I have been corrected on and is a fast little number) I guess the BAF doesn't get to roll like the 00's at MI6 either.
No matter because they are both jumping out of that crate with the only parachute. Somehow everything turns out ok after wrestling for 10,000 feet with the BOND GIRL & parachute falling at 120 MPH because the chute opens 20 feet off of our LZ, a nice big soft slab of granite. BTW, the BOND GIRL walks for miles on granite stones in her bare feat…she's a hearty lass.
It's off the hotel to find the baddies. The hotel, located in the high plains desert of Bolivia, is called the Plaza del Sol. It is completely self-sufficient and powered by…solar….no you idiot, hydrogen fuel cells. In fact, each room appears to have its own hydrogen fuel cell and its accompanying hydrogen supply tank. The maids must make your bed and refill your hydrogen tank when they replace the shampoo in the bath, I guess. Naturally the hotel, located in the high plains Bolivian desert is made substantially of steel & stone. Unfortunately, the steel & stone in Bolivia is not quite as durable as the steel & stone you and I have grown to love as we discover when Bond causes a baddie car to crash through a wall igniting a hydrogen tank. The rest of the hydrogen tanks ignite sequentially. Darn it, I hate when that happens, you just can't get good hydrogen tanks anymore. Again, unfortunately, the Bolivian steel & stone burns more like paper mache. Bond battles the Greene baddie but aborts to rescue the BOND GIRL who is caught up in her own subplot vendetta too trite to be explained here. Mr. Greene escapes into the desert only to meet a cryptic fate induced by other unknown baddies and Bond's 10W-40 payback for the treatment of luscious Agent Fields.
You would be better off waiting for this to hit DVD. At least then you can slo-mo or replay the chase scenes making sense of them, spend more time with the slick Agent Fields and most importantly, FFW or skip over M's bathroom escapades. You have been warned.


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ABC News reporter Elizabeth Vargas back in rehab
LOS ANGELES | ABC News reporter Elizabeth Vargas has returned to a recovery center to be treated for alcohol dependency, she and the network said Sunday.
The "20/20" co-anchor said in an emailed statement that she checked into a treatment facility this weekend while on vacation.
"As so many other recovering alcoholics know, overcoming the disease can be a long and incredibly difficult process," Vargas said. "I feel I have let myself, my co-workers and most importantly my family down and for that I am ashamed and sorry."
Vargas, who's married to Marc Cohn and has two children with the singer-songwriter, said she was "committed to battling and addressing this debilitating disease" and expressed thanks for the support she has received.
The network said in a statement that it stands "squarely behind her" and was focused on Vargas' health.
"We look forward to having her back at ABC News when she feels ready to return," ABC News said.
Vargas is being treated at an inpatient facility, and the length of her stay will be determined by her and her doctors, said a person familiar with the situation.
The person, who wasn't authorized to comment publicly, spoke on condition of anonymity.
Vargas, 51, spent several weeks in a treatment facility last fall. She acknowledged in an interview that aired in January on "Good Morning America" that she was an alcoholic and that it took years for her to admit it.
She said she had suffered panic attacks since she was a child.
"I dealt with that anxiety, and with the stress that the anxiety brought, by starting to drink," she said in the interview.
Vargas has worked in network news since 1993, first with NBC and then ABC, which she joined in 1996.


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– Ethiopian Airlines maintenance facility to service Q400 and Q400 NextGen turboprops
– Complements Bombardier's new Regional Support Office (RSO) and parts depot in Johannesburg, South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA–(Marketwired – July 10, 2013) – Bombardier Aerospace added further bench strength to its fast growing support network in Africa today by naming one of the continent's leading carriers, Ethiopian Airlines of Addis Ababa, as an Authorized Service Facility (ASF) for commercial aircraft. Bombardier has signed a Letter of Intent to authorize the airline to perform line and heavy maintenance on Q400 and Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft. The agreement is expected to take effect by late August.
Ethiopian Airlines operates modern and complete aircraft, engine and component overhaul and repair facilities at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa. The facility employs an all-Ethiopian workforce of over 750 licensed technicians and support staff.
"This agreement with Ethiopian Airlines – one of Africa's most respected airlines and a valued Bombardier customer – will provide the growing number of Bombardier operators in this region with more options for high quality maintenance support closer to their base of operations," said Eric Martel, President, Customer Services and Specialized and Amphibious Aircraft, Bombardier Aerospace. "We are enthusiastic about the many new opportunities for commercial aviation in Africa and, through sustained investment and focus, we are expanding our support services on the continent at an accelerated pace."
Established in 1945, award-winning Ethiopian Airlines is the flagship carrier of Ethiopia. In 2012, the airline received one of Bombardier's top honours – an Airline Reliability Performance Award – for outstanding dispatch reliability on its Q400 aircraft fleet. Last November, the airline became the first to take delivery of Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners outfitted with a dual-class configuration on Bombardier's production line. These five dual-class aircraft are currently in service with the airline and its affiliate, ASKY Airlines of Togo. In total, the carriers operate a fleet of 13 Q400 and Q400 NextGen airliners.
This announcement closely follows earlier news that Bombardier is establishing a full service Regional Support Office at the Lanseria Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa and will open a 2,153 square-foot (200 square metres) parts depot there by the end of this year.
More than 240 Bombardier business and commercial jets are based in Africa. Ethiopian Airlines will join a network of more than 60 ASF and Line Maintenance Facilities (LMF) that serve operators of Bombardier business and commercial aircraft spanning across more than 25 countries worldwide. The new Ethiopian Airlines ASF will work in close collaboration with Bombardier's maintenance network of wholly owned service centres and ASFs in the same time zone, as well as its network of parts hubs and depots, including the newly announced Johannesburg parts depot, which will be operational 24/7.
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